[jsr-314-open] deriving the name of a faces-config.xml document

[Kito Mann]

Dan,

How many frameworks actually use the id attribute in their faces-config.xml
file? I don't remember seeing any.
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On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm very eager to take advantage of the configuration document ordering in
> JSF 2 because it will bring decidedly deterministic behavior when mixing JSF
> frameworks and libraries. However, I noticed something that compromises the
> usefulness of this feature when mixing with older JSF add-ons.
>
> I expected the value of the id attribute on the <faces-config> element to
> be used as the name of the docuent. However, I was suprised to learn that
> there is a special <name> child element reserved for this purpose. While I
> don't oppose the <name> element, since it is more semantic, it requires for
> me to wait (hope and wish) for the add-ons to hurry up and upgrade to JSF 2
> so that I can order my document around them. I would expect that if the
> <name> element is absent (either because it is a pre-JSF 2 descriptor or it
> just isn't specified) the name is taken from the id attribute on
> <faces-config>, if present. Is this reasonable? This is *very* important to
> address now as it won't even be an issue once the projects upgrade. This
> feature is needed now.
>
> -Dan
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